Drama Rated PG-13
“Eduardo Verastegui sports the most distracting facial hair since that guy in Knocked Up who bet his roommates he wouldn’t shave for a year.
Drama Rated R
“…my choice for Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterwork.”
“Is there another face in the movies as endlessly fascinating as Benicio Del Toro’s?
“With dark eyes peering from behind white face paint and headdresses swirling above her like forces of nature, Elizabeth is less a human monarch than a mythical goddess.
“…isn’t interesting until it’s almost over.
Startlingly sexy, with dark shadows and bold colors, Elizabeth is a well-appointed costume drama yet hardly a stuffy one. It springs from the screen as if it were a pop-up book. The sumptuous visual scheme is from director Shekhar Kapur, but the movie belongs to Cate Blanchett thanks to her breakout performance as England’s queen.
“Is it overboard to consider the Tyler Perry phenomenon a cult?
“…trickier than it appears – and far too tricky for first-time director Ben Affleck.
“…somehow finds just the right tone – two parts empathy, one part goofiness and not a trace of derision.
“Despite the high stakes involved … Rendition plods along with little vitriol and even less energy.
